Ode to 9/11

Ode to 9/11

Written 9/10/2010

Gregg Metcalf

Nine Eleven is forever etched into our mind

Those events will never fade with time

Never thinking for a moment of such danger

Looming overhead inside a wicked stranger

Plots and plans for months were hatching hate

Had come together on that infamous date

Death and terror rained down from the skies

Drawing eastward all of America’s eyes

A nation sleeping caught completely unaware

Drew together as one person in a single dare

Destroy the fiends of such dastardly deeds

The memory of loved ones will serve as seeds

To war and victory soon came the gallant call

Many raced into action hoping to see the fall

Of an enemy beyond the borders of our land

We sent our soldiers to hot and searing sand

Ten years or so with 4,000 killed in this war

Brings us no closer to what we are fighting for

Terrorists still roam this globe breathing out death

Yet there’s no time to stop and catch our breath

So now we leave Iraq to continue in Afghanistan

To fight the terror that remains to plague our land

The enemy is not one to quit or loose or to fold

since they have been fighting for centuries untold

We are not fighting to promote American liberty

we wage not a war in the name of democracy

when will America come to really understand

this war is all about that precious desert sand

To Isaac and not Ismael was all this geography

Given by promise from the God of all eternity

Cast out the bondwoman who is Mt Sinai, alas

Give this ground to Abraham’s sons to possess

This war is religious and will never come to an end

Until the King of Kings comes to reign as friend

Who will defeat the enemies of His chosen people

Who then will come to Him in faith ever so feeble 

Today we will remember nine-elven 2001

For what took place can never be undone

We dare not forget those cowardly atrocities

Who robbed loved ones from so many families

The hearts of many will be with all those who lost

And without any choice paid such a heavy cost

We will mark this day across our dear land

And thank those who yet fight in that desert sand

As I close I would like to say to those yet in pain

I am sorry for your loss and that 9/11 ever came

stealing from you the ones you loved so very dear

May God reveal His amazing grace, it’s always near